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Racism Explained to My Daughter
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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Description for Racism Explained to My Daughter
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 117 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
The classic anti-racist book—written as a letter from the writer to his daughter—from the prizewinning author When Tahar Ben Jelloun took his ten-year-old daughter to a street protest against anti-immigration laws in Paris, she asked question after question: "What is racism? What is an immigrant? What is discrimination?" Out of their frank discussion comes this book, an international bestseller translated into twenty languages. Ben Jelloun has created a unique and compelling dialogue in which he explains difficult concepts from ghettos and genocide to slavery and anti-Semitism in language we can all understand, and adds an all-new chapter ... Read more
The classic anti-racist book—written as a letter from the writer to his daughter—from the prizewinning author When Tahar Ben Jelloun took his ten-year-old daughter to a street protest against anti-immigration laws in Paris, she asked question after question: "What is racism? What is an immigrant? What is discrimination?" Out of their frank discussion comes this book, an international bestseller translated into twenty languages. Ben Jelloun has created a unique and compelling dialogue in which he explains difficult concepts from ghettos and genocide to slavery and anti-Semitism in language we can all understand, and adds an all-new chapter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781595580290
SKU
V9781595580290
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Ref
99-15
About Tahar Ben Jelloun
Winner of the 2004 International Dublin/IMPAC Prize, and the 1994 Prix Maghreb, Tahar ben Jelloun was born in 1944 in Fez, Morocco, and emigrated to France in 1961. A novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, he is a regular contributor to Le Monde, La Repubblica, El Pais, and Panorama. His novels include The Sacred Night, which received the Prix Goncourt in ... Read more
Reviews for Racism Explained to My Daughter
"Helps young people appreciate the complexity of racism." - Booklist; "Ben Jelloun's lessons and tools for discussion are invaluable." - Daily News; "Comprehensive and easy to read." - Quarterly Black Review; "Easy to read and provocative. Rare should be the library that does not have it." - Library Journal; "A must-read... Clear, powerful, and right on target." - Elle; "An ... Read more